Bishop Hale’s Institution for Native and Half-Caste Children operated from1871 to 1888 in Perth. In October 1888 this institution closed and the children were sent to be the first residents of the Swan Native and Half-Caste Mission. Bishop Hale was the Anglican Bishop of Perth who, before coming to Perth, had established a ‘Native Institution’…
Keaney House was established in Alma Road, North Perth by the Society of St Vincent de Paul. It was a hostel for up to nine ‘working youths’, with a focus on aftercare for former child migrants from Christian Brothers institutions, mostly from Clontarf. This function ceased in 1965 and the building was later used as…
The Catholic Migrant Centre was established in 1984 by the Archdiocese of Perth to deliver a range of immigration-related programs from a small office in Victoria Square in Perth. In 1992, Sr Tania de Jong was appointed to help former child migrants access records about their childhood and trace family in Britain and Malta, using…
The Education Department of Western Australia was created by changing the name of the Ministry of Education in 1994. It had an influence on, and created records relevant to, children in out of home care in Western Australia.
The Ministry of Education was created in 1988 following a review of the State’s education system, replacing the Education Department (1893-1988) and continuing to have an influence on, and create records relevant to, children in out of home care in Western Australia.
The Education Department was created in 1893 and a Minister of Education was appointed. The education of children in schools that received government grants had previously been the responsibility of the General Board of Education (1847-1871) and then the Central Board of Education (1871-1893). In 1899 the Public Education Act made it compulsory for all…
Collie Boys’ Home The Collie Boys’ Home was established by the Salvation Army in 1902 for boys aged from 4 years, outside Collie on land previously settled by the Pollard family,. It was one of three institutions set on 8,093 hectares of land held by the Salvation Army, the other being the Salvation Army Industrial…
The Salvation Army Industrial School for Girls was established at Collie in 1901. It was an industrial school (reformatory) for ‘senior Protestant girls’ but also admitted girls under 12. When it closed in 1920, the girls were sent to the Seaforth Salvation Army Girls’ Home, Gosnells. The Salvation Army opened an ‘industrial school’ (reformatory) for…
Hollywood Children’s Village was the new name given in 1965 to the Salvation Army Boys’ Home (in Nedlands). Cottages were built to house the boys from this time. In 1969, after the Salvation Army Girls’ Home, Cottesloe closed, girls were admitted. Children who were wards and private children were admitted until the Village closed in…
The Catholic Episcopal Migration and Welfare Association (CEMWA) in Western Australia was the state-based receiving agency for post-World War II child migrants who were sent to WA under the Catholic child immigration scheme. After 1965, the child migration program to WA ceased and the welfare functions of the CEMWA were taken over by the Catholic…
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